Nail-extractor



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CHARLES M. MORRISON, OF VIROQUA, VVISOONSIN.

NAI L-EXTRACTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,644, dated December 14, 1897.

Application filed April 29, 1897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. MORRISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vi- -roqua, in the county of Vernon and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nail-Extractors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to 1o which it appertainsto make and use the same.

My invention relates to a combined nailextractor and staple-drawer which may be so adj usted as to draw or extract nails or staples,

as may be desired.

ver or bar having a central recess or bore at vits upper end, a hammer provided with guiderods fitting in said recess and formed at the lower end with a curved point, and an S- zo shaped jaw bifurcated at one end, forming Qtwo claws, and the other end formed with a single point and provided with two holes to receive a pivot-pin by which it may be pivotally adjusted to said lever-bar tb enable it to be used as a nail-extractor or stapledrawer, as hereinafter fully described and claimed. l

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a tool constructed in 3o accordance with my invention, showing the same as used for drawing a staple. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view` of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective showing the device adjusted for use as a nail-extractor. 3 5 In the said drawings the reference numeral l designates a lever-bar formed in the upper end with a centralrecess or bore 2. Located in this recess are guide-arms 3, consisting of a metal rod bent over centrally, as 4o seen in Fig. 2, and the ends connected with a hammer 4. A pin 5, passing transversely through said bar, holds said arms in place. The lower end of said lever-bar is provided with a shank 6, the end or extremity of which is formed into a curved point 7.

The numeral 8 designates a metal jaw made in the shape of an S and bifurcated at one end, forming two claws 9. The other end is The invention consists, essentially, in a le- Serial No. 634,465. (No model.)

formed with a blunt point l0. This jaw at opposite sides of its center is formed with two holes l2 and 13 for the passage of a pivot-pin 14, which also passes through a hole in the shank 6.

In practice, when the device is to be used as a staple-drawer, the jaw is pivotally connected with the shank 6 by passing the pivotpin through the hole 13. By now grasping the staple between the points 7 and l0 and using the bar l as a lever the staple can be readily withdrawn. To use the device as a nail-extractor, the jaw is reversed, the pivotpin being passed through the hole l2 and the claws engaged with the head of the nail, the hammer being driven down onto the top of the bar l, so as to force the claws 9 and point 7 under the head of the nail.

Having thus fully describedmy invention, what Iclairn is 1. In a combined nail-extractor and stapledrawer, the combination with the lever-bar having a curved lower end, of the adjustable and reversible S-shaped jaw bifurcated at one end forming two claws, and the other end formed with a single point and formed with two pivot-holes at opposite sides of the center and the pivot-pin connecting said jaw with the lever-bar, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the lever-bar, having a central recess at the upper end, the transverse pin, the hammer, the guide-arms consisting of a metal rod bent at the center and having the ends secured to said hammer and the lower end of said barvformed with a curved point, of the VS-shaped jaw bifurcated at one end forming two clamps, and the other end-formed with a solid point, and said jaw formed with two holes at opposite sides of the center and the pivot-pin connecting said jaw with the lever-bar, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES M. MORRISON.

Witnessesz W. E. CAssoN, C. A. ROBERTS. 

